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 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Every Fire Emblem game made after the Gameboy advance ones. I feel like I'm not playing a strategy game but a dating sim. Which is a shame because I am an advance wars fanatic and have easily over 2000 hours in those games.

Now I totally get it about the dating sim bit for the most recent installments of the series, but what exactly makes say Path of Radiance or Radiant Dawn a dating sim? Their style of support system was very similar to the GBA era of supports (standing next to each other and finishing chapters together) and doesn't become a dating sim at all. The most recent installment Shadows of Valentia also has this support system, and despite being a modern title, it does not have the S-rank supports you dislike. If you're looking for a good modern entry without that aspect at all, I'd recommend that - it's my favourite FE game.

Even if you don't like Awakening and/or Fates, why not just play through them and not bother with supports? Or at least just go up to A rank like you would in any other FE game and stop there? Awakening isn't close to being my favourite FE, but I'm happy with what it did for the franchise. It tried new things and it happened to work, so why fix what isn't broken right?

Before I derail this thread any further, I'll add another game I gave up on - Fallout 4. For such a massive world, god was there a lot of nothing. I felt like any minor fight would rinse me dry of any supplies I had. I enjoyed Skyrim enough to buy this one, yet I was horribly bored within hours. I did sell it within the week of buying it, so it is nothing but a bad memory now...

I also found fallout 4 dull.

It might have been that I played so much of Fallout 3 that when I got around to Fallout 4 it basically felt like a mod of Fallout 3.

 master of ordinance wrote:
Has anyone here ever played Unreal Tournament? I have never been able to get past the final boss fight and I have always ended up giving in on it, despite attempting it several times.
The boss is essentially unkillable, being faster than you, having more HP then yu and always spawns with a full suit of amazingly good armour which he can improve by picking up armour and shield belt items.
The battle is really close, preventing you from using any long ranged weapons or hit and run tactics and it basically comes down to a losing grind every single time.

I love the game for what it is but I hate that boss fight with a passion.

Practice a lot with the shock rifle, grab the flak cannon and camp the shield belt. If he gets the shield belt first, lure him up to the top and blast him off into space with the pushback from the shock rifle. But yeah, he is a total pain in the arse.

The campagin for Unreal Tournament 2004 was in-fething-sane. When you get to fighting the champion teams their aim is BONKERS.